Barilla Group has opened its $25 million Barilla Innovation & Technology Experience (BITE) in Parma, Italy, spanning 150,000 square feet. The facility employs 200 professionals developing bakery, pasta and sauce products using AI-driven sensors, 3D printing and sensory research. BITE operates 84 partnerships with international universities and maintains 28 startup collaborations focused on sustainable agriculture and food technology.

Cerealto forms strategic partnership with Colorado-based Fresca Foods, expanding co-manufacturing capacity across Europe and the Americas. The transaction combines Cerealto's ten European production centres with Fresca's 350,000 sq ft US manufacturing facilities specializing in bars, granola and baked goods.

Mulino Bianco's Buongrano receives FoodChain ID Regenerative Agriculture Certification, becoming Italy's first bakery product with certified regenerative wheat flour.

Frank Roberts & Sons Limited has been acquired by Boparan Private Office securing the future of the 138-year-old Northwich bakery and preserving 433 jobs.

Roberts Bakery files Notice of Intention to Appoint Administrators whilst in talks with potential partners. The Cheshire bakery producing 3.5m loaves weekly faces challenges from fire damage, cost inflation and market shifts towards artisan products.

Dutch food-tech company Revyve has raised nearly €24 million in Series B financing to accelerate the rollout of its functional yeast proteins, designed to replace eggs and additives in mainstream food categories.

Italian ingredient specialist Millbio acquires US manufacturer Cain Foods through private equity firm Apheon, creating a vertically integrated clean-label bakery solutions platform spanning Europe, Asia and the Americas with combined fermentation, manufacturing and R&D capabilities.

Lantmännen Unibake expands into Netherlands with €50M Boboli Benelux acquisition, adding Mediterranean flatbread production and bake-off technology capabilities.